Content note: 1945 U.S. newspaper front page using the ethnic slur 'Jap' in its banner headline and the bomb item. This object is shown as it was published. Why
Atlanta Daily World, front page, 7 August 1945
Front page of the Atlanta Daily World, City Edition, 7 August 1945. The banner is 'WITHERING JAP FIRE REPULSED ON OKINAWA', over a report on all-Black Army units in the Okinawa fighting. The atomic bomb appears as a single-column item headed 'Atomic Bomb Loosed On Japs', credited to the Southern News Service (SNS), at the upper centre-right of the page.
- Date
- August 7, 1945
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Atlanta Daily World (Black-owned daily newspaper, Atlanta, Georgia)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Newspaper pages
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Truman Administration
- Leader
- Harry S. Truman
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Event
- World War II
- Techniques
- Name-callingCard stacking
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Library of Congress, Chronicling America, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain / no known copyright restrictions (Library of Congress statement)
Atlanta Daily World, 7 August 1945 (City Edition), p. 1; Digital Library of Georgia / Library of Congress, Chronicling America (LCCN sn82015425)
Text on the object
Atlanta Daily World Published Every Morning Except Monday VOLUME 17, NUMBER 318 ATLANTA (3), GEORGIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1945 PRICE FIVE CENTS CITY EDITION WITHERING JAP FIRE REPULSED ON OKINAWA Correspondent Cites Heroism Of Negro GI's Fierce Battle Nets Big Gains On Okinawa Atomic Bomb Loosed On Japs WASHINGTON — (SNS) — An atomic bomb has been loosed upon Japan. President Truman disclosed in a White House statement Monday that the bomb, hailed as the greatest achievement of organized science, was dropped on Hiroshima, Japanese Army base. The supply city was said to have disappeared from the earth. The bomb contains more power than 20,000 tons of TNT and produces more than 2,000 times the blast of the most powerful bomb ever dropped before. Secretary of War Stimson predicted that the bomb would "prove a tremendous aid" in shortening the war with Japan. Few Negro Officers To Be Left In Europe New Constitution Up For Vote Today Vote Today! It Is Your Privilege! It Is Your Duty! [remaining items not transcribed]
Read from the 1600 px page image; some words in the narrow bomb column are partly obscured in the original scan, so minor phrases should be checked against the Library of Congress page. Other items are transcribed by headline only.
